0:00:18 > 0:00:22Hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be
0:00:22 > 0:00:23bringing us tomorrow.
0:00:23 > 0:00:25With me are Kate Andrews, News Editor at the Institute
0:00:25 > 0:00:27of Economic Affairs and the former Labour advisor and political
0:00:27 > 0:00:32commentator Ayesha Hazarika.
0:00:32 > 0:00:37Good to see you both. We have quite a few of the papers already in.
0:00:37 > 0:00:39Let's look at some of them.
0:00:39 > 0:00:42The FT leads with the state of the UK stock market,
0:00:42 > 0:00:44suggesting it's trailing its rivals because of concerns around
0:00:44 > 0:00:47growth and profits.
0:00:47 > 0:00:51It also has news of the German Chancellor's coalition deal to stay
0:00:51 > 0:00:52in power.
0:00:52 > 0:00:56Some low alcohol beverages are being marketed as if they are soft drinks,
0:00:56 > 0:00:58warns the Metro, quoting a study that claims people who switch
0:00:58 > 0:01:01to weaker drinks could end up consuming more alcohol overall.
0:01:01 > 0:01:03The Express reports that millions of households will see their council
0:01:03 > 0:01:04tax bill rise this year.
0:01:04 > 0:01:06The picture shows the Duchess of Cambridge getting her
0:01:07 > 0:01:08heel stuck in a grate.
0:01:08 > 0:01:10The Telegraph has revelations about a campaign to overturn Brexit
0:01:10 > 0:01:16that apparently has the backing of billionaire George Soros.
0:01:16 > 0:01:18The i newspaper focuses on the plight of young migrants
0:01:18 > 0:01:22prepared to take extreme risks to get to the UK.
0:01:22 > 0:01:24The Times reports on a hundred million pound financial shortfall
0:01:24 > 0:01:26at Surrey County Council.
0:01:26 > 0:01:29The Sun has a response from Denise Bulger to the news
0:01:29 > 0:01:32that her son's killer Jon Venables has been jailed for a second
0:01:32 > 0:01:38time over the possession of child abuse images.
0:01:38 > 0:01:40The Guardian's front page reveals secret government documents have
0:01:40 > 0:01:42estimated a no-deal Brexit would hit the economy
0:01:42 > 0:01:45to the tune of £80 billion.
0:01:50 > 0:01:54No chance of getting through an addition of the papers without
0:01:54 > 0:01:57talking about Brexit. No matter how hard we try! We are going to start
0:01:57 > 0:02:05with that story, the front page of...We tried really hard(!)We
0:02:05 > 0:02:09can't ignore it, a secret plot to thwart Abraxas, apparently, a
0:02:09 > 0:02:17picture of Mr George Soros? -- thought Brexit.Apparently it is his
0:02:17 > 0:02:21plot, he is a billionaire, known quite famously for breaking the bank
0:02:21 > 0:02:24of England, that is in reference to the fact that he bet against the
0:02:24 > 0:02:29pound during the 1992 Black Wednesday currency crisis. He did
0:02:29 > 0:02:34not literally break it! He has been accused of coming up with plans over
0:02:34 > 0:02:39a dinner, a secret document has been leaked that would put the government
0:02:39 > 0:02:43in a position where it would have to call a general election will
0:02:43 > 0:02:46probably hold a second referendum. The goal is not to get a soft
0:02:46 > 0:02:51Brexit, it is to reverse the decision. I don't think it is
0:02:51 > 0:02:53particularly newsworthy that some people have enough money to be
0:02:53 > 0:02:57holding a private dinner are discussing the fact that they would
0:02:57 > 0:03:00like to remain in the European Union. Even putting a document
0:03:00 > 0:03:04together is not shocking. I imagine lots of people are doing this. The
0:03:04 > 0:03:07most newsworthy thing about me is at the end, sources at the dinner said
0:03:07 > 0:03:12that the message fell flat and that donors left without giving money.
0:03:12 > 0:03:16Even if you are very opposed to Brexit, it is hard to see how it is
0:03:16 > 0:03:19not going to happen at all. That is probably not because people are
0:03:19 > 0:03:26going to get behind. Soft Brexit, maybe, but not at all, that is
0:03:26 > 0:03:29unlikely.The Daily Telegraph, we know where they stand?Absolutely,
0:03:29 > 0:03:35the byline, the first name is Nick Timothy, I think the beard has gone,
0:03:35 > 0:03:40but he is still very much a man connected into Number 10 and was
0:03:40 > 0:03:46very against this kind of you. I was a Remainer, I would like us not to
0:03:46 > 0:03:49leave the EU, but I am also a Democrat. We had a referendum and
0:03:49 > 0:03:52voted to leave. I think everybody has the right to make arguments
0:03:52 > 0:03:57about what kind Brexit, get people to change their minds. What is about
0:03:57 > 0:04:01this is the fact that it is the people that really want to stop
0:04:01 > 0:04:06Brexit happening, it is like they learned nothing from the Remain
0:04:06 > 0:04:10campaign. It did not do well, is lost. It should have spoken to
0:04:10 > 0:04:15working men and women, particularly outside of London. Again, we have a
0:04:15 > 0:04:19millionaire, a billionaire businessman, lots of other rich,
0:04:19 > 0:04:23white, powerful men, based in London, trying to reverse something
0:04:23 > 0:04:28that has happened. That is not the way to get a successful outcome on
0:04:28 > 0:04:31Brexit. These other guys that look like they could have been Presidents
0:04:31 > 0:04:40club. They are not really...We are not casting aspersions, Mr Soros,
0:04:40 > 0:04:45you are a very rich man, please do not sue!It shows a ten year to what
0:04:45 > 0:04:49is going on. Make the arguments about why you are worried, don't
0:04:49 > 0:04:56have a rich, powerful, mail dinner to thwart it.What is funny, planted
0:04:56 > 0:05:03a document discusses having Momentum style rallies and concerts. There is
0:05:03 > 0:05:06recognition about what is getting people excited and motivated. I
0:05:06 > 0:05:09don't think the people at this dinner would necessarily be the
0:05:09 > 0:05:12people attending those rallies and concerts. There is a recognition of
0:05:12 > 0:05:21it.I think they love that the Jeremy Corbyn phenomenon and said,
0:05:21 > 0:05:25we will have a piece of that. It is not as simple. The thing that
0:05:25 > 0:05:28motivated these people, they felt that they were the underdogs that
0:05:28 > 0:05:31would not go to rallies for the 1% that have just come back from Davos,
0:05:31 > 0:05:38you know what I mean?They want a change, and Brexit is the change.If
0:05:38 > 0:05:43you disagree with Brexit, this is not the way to do it.We are all
0:05:43 > 0:05:54Brexiteers now.Does Brexit mean Brexit?The Times, the UK's richest
0:05:54 > 0:05:59county hit by £100 million cash crisis, how can that be?Well, it
0:05:59 > 0:06:04looks like many, many areas of the UK are falling short when it comes
0:06:04 > 0:06:07to council funding. Nearly every part of England is warning that tax
0:06:07 > 0:06:13rises, particularly council tax, to make ends meet. Nine out of ten
0:06:13 > 0:06:18councils will be hit by Williams of pounds of deficit. The average looks
0:06:18 > 0:06:23to be 6.9% of the budgets. There are a few reasons that this is
0:06:23 > 0:06:27happening, of course. The government has cut funding to local areas, and
0:06:27 > 0:06:31this means they either have to reduce services or make up the funds
0:06:31 > 0:06:36in some way. It is understanding that there are certain services they
0:06:36 > 0:06:40don't want to cut, particularly related to children. They are
0:06:40 > 0:06:43looking at new ways to raise revenue. The problem is that council
0:06:43 > 0:06:48tax has risen by 60% since 1998. Councils are needing to find
0:06:48 > 0:06:53funding, but families have to find extra cash. I am very nervous about
0:06:53 > 0:06:57this. I call for a pause before they raise taxes to look where they could
0:06:57 > 0:07:01be making more efficiency.Surrey County Council said in a statement
0:07:01 > 0:07:05this evening that they have agreed a three-year budget, despite severe
0:07:05 > 0:07:08pressures. We aren't councils across the country, they are keen to
0:07:08 > 0:07:13stress, are under pressure due to rising demand for services and
0:07:13 > 0:07:18falling government funding. We have been managing the growing need for
0:07:18 > 0:07:25social care, partly by making savings of £540 million since 2010.
0:07:25 > 0:07:30The key, Ayesha, is that this is one of the richest, a Tory council, if
0:07:30 > 0:07:35they have trouble, everybody does? That is what I was shocked by. The
0:07:35 > 0:07:40average gap was 14.7 million, and you wonder why. It gets you to a
0:07:40 > 0:07:43broader point. Local authorities and councils have been under severe
0:07:43 > 0:07:48pressure for a very, very long time, since the financial crash, since
0:07:48 > 0:07:532010. They have really had budgets cut and cut. Actually, the first
0:07:53 > 0:07:57councils that bore the brunt of it were lots of northern councils, lots
0:07:57 > 0:08:02of Labour run councils. Some of the cuts were political in terms of how
0:08:02 > 0:08:06it was meted out. All councils are facing it. You cannot underestimate
0:08:06 > 0:08:10the knock-on affect people's lives that these things have. You
0:08:10 > 0:08:13mentioned services being cut, cuts to the roads. Sure start centres
0:08:13 > 0:08:18closing. That has a huge impact on childcare. Adult social care has a
0:08:18 > 0:08:22huge impact on the NHS. We have seen older people not being able to get
0:08:22 > 0:08:27out of hospital, bed blocking, backing up A&E.And adult social
0:08:27 > 0:08:33care, the cuts to councils. Youth centres, it has a huge knock-on
0:08:33 > 0:08:39effect crime.I would argue that you need to rethink taxes. There has to
0:08:39 > 0:08:42be a better way to redistribute money, whether it is locally or
0:08:42 > 0:08:46nationally. If you are a family, you don't care whether the money or the
0:08:46 > 0:08:51tax, where it is coming from, it affects you directly.Staying with
0:08:51 > 0:08:56The Times, sit more exams to beat stress?Yes, the claim here is that
0:08:56 > 0:09:00children should be setting more exams, not fewer, so that they find
0:09:00 > 0:09:07them less stressful. Nick Gibb is actually talking about internet or
0:09:07 > 0:09:12social media pressures rather than assessments, on the other side you
0:09:12 > 0:09:16have a Labour MP saying that exams bring women in particular to
0:09:16 > 0:09:20breaking point. She mentions a high achieving girls school. You know, I
0:09:20 > 0:09:27think we have to look at this from more of a social perspective.
0:09:27 > 0:09:30Children are facing all kinds of pressure that Ayesha and I would not
0:09:30 > 0:09:33have grown up with. Particularly online. The point about internet and
0:09:33 > 0:09:38social media is very important. Is there one way of teaching kids how
0:09:38 > 0:09:42to take exams or schooling that will fit all? Of course not, some
0:09:42 > 0:09:45students will do a lot better if they are sitting more exams, some
0:09:45 > 0:09:48will need to wait until the day and that is how they will perform. I
0:09:48 > 0:09:51wish we could speak more about the individual and not just what kids in
0:09:51 > 0:09:59need.Is there logic to doing more exams?No!If you run more
0:09:59 > 0:10:03marathons, you will get better.Kids are not marathon running machines.
0:10:03 > 0:10:07We put so much pressure on them and we should let kids be kids, let
0:10:07 > 0:10:10their minds expand and let them learn things. One thing that would
0:10:10 > 0:10:13really help children is more creativity, the curriculum on
0:10:13 > 0:10:19creative subjects that have been cut, more sport provisions. I think
0:10:19 > 0:10:22you have better, healthier, more intelligent and better rounded
0:10:22 > 0:10:27children if they have healthy brains, intellectualism, creativity,
0:10:27 > 0:10:31healthiness through sport. All of this is just completely wrong.It is
0:10:31 > 0:10:36interconnected. There is not a one size fits all. Kids need options.
0:10:36 > 0:10:40The front page of the Financial Times, we will quickly look at this.
0:10:40 > 0:10:47Angela Merkel looks like she has her grand coalition. The FT is reporting
0:10:47 > 0:10:53that. She has given ground in order to get the coalition and stay in the
0:10:53 > 0:10:59chancellery. We are going to go to the Express. Ayesha, gift from
0:10:59 > 0:11:05heaven, £700,000 request. This is a lovely story?We had a negative
0:11:05 > 0:11:10story about local councils and this is a positive one. If village was
0:11:10 > 0:11:13trying to raise funds for a community hall for 60 years.
0:11:13 > 0:11:17Yesterday they found out a resident left them £700,000 in his will so
0:11:17 > 0:11:22that they could do the job. What a lovely story.Absolutely amazing.
0:11:22 > 0:11:27His wife deserves credit as well. They have identical wills, who ever
0:11:27 > 0:11:30passed away first sent the money to the other and then they were jointly
0:11:30 > 0:11:37planning to give.It shows that local things are really important,
0:11:37 > 0:11:41having community spaces, they are going to build a fantastic amenity
0:11:41 > 0:11:45space for birthday parties, communal activities. People need these things
0:11:45 > 0:11:55in their communities.Absolutely. Finally, the bold truth. Gust of
0:11:55 > 0:12:03wind revealing Donald Trump's bald truth.You don't think this is the
0:12:03 > 0:12:07biggest story?Why are we doing this last? We should have done it first.
0:12:07 > 0:12:13Sending people off to bed with a smile on their face. You know they
0:12:13 > 0:12:19say hairdo? This is a hair don't! There were pictures of him with his
0:12:19 > 0:12:23mother and he has identical hair. You need serious hairspray to keep
0:12:23 > 0:12:29that in place.It looked like a very windy day. I am sure this happens to
0:12:29 > 0:12:34supermodels all the time as well... It does not, you're not going to see
0:12:34 > 0:12:42them...Wind going through your hair is a good look.He is not going to
0:12:42 > 0:12:49be on the Armani commercial, no matter what his doctor says.This is
0:12:49 > 0:12:57why he is so upset as a human being. He would be happier if he sorted his
0:12:57 > 0:13:05hair out.Why doesn't he just face up to it, like me? If you are bald,
0:13:05 > 0:13:16you are bald! Sorted out, I know you are watching online. Don't tweet at
0:13:16 > 0:13:18us!
0:13:18 > 0:13:20That's it for The Papers tonight.
0:13:20 > 0:13:22Don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online
0:13:23 > 0:13:26on the BBC News website.
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0:13:33 > 0:13:36That is what Donald is going to do!
0:13:36 > 0:13:37Thank you Kate Andrews and Ayesha Hazarika.
0:13:37 > 0:13:41Goodbye.